New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY. s
,pr FASHIONABLE TOWN WEDDINGS.


~u, WASHES OF THE sEAsoN-wEDpINGs SET
roR THIS w EK-AE ENGAGEMENT
Tat weeks heat put to rout the few people in
..;s,, stll held in tow, by lingering engagements.
riy everx doorway in Fiith-ave. is barred up, and
tbere are lever and fewer open binds In tne side
streets all the way up. with July the siagnant
season will in earnsst with nothing 10 look ior
On town until the first OF the Americas Cup races.
Nyno,t and Tuxedo seem equally gay at present.
1Ys R.r Harbor has scarcely gotten under way
vet though most OF the cottages arc taken Bar
s,bor follovs the Boston precedent rather, and iii
p.,on IN, exodus from town always comes late. The
Esw.Lopdon boat races will draw livelyei vd OF
collage men to the Thames this week and next. But
Ilege toat racing has become by this time rather
popular than fashionable institution
Last Wednesdays and Thursdays weddings sent
tsx timely pulses through the already ooada0daliye
sesson in town. The fret was really an out-of-town
one taking place at South Amboy, N j. In
tbs little Church OF St. Stephens there Miss
charlotte Potter Conover, daughter of Richard s.
Couoyer. was married to the Rev. Prescott Evarts,
assistant rector Of the Church OF the Holy Gem
munion. and son of Senator William NJ. Evarts. The
.cr,ce was read by the Rev. Dr. Colt, principal of St
Paul,s School, at Concord, N. H. whore tho bride
groom got his preparation for Harvard. The Rev Dr.
W. W. Taylor, the rector Of St. Stephen's. and the
Rev. James p. Con0ver, brother OF the bride,
assisted There eight bridesmaids, Miss Caroline
and Miss Alice Conoyer, sisters OF the bride; Miss
Mary Eyarts a sister of the bridegroom Miss Poul
lsine Mrs Mamie Conover and Mss Emily Parker, OF
Perth Amboy; and Miss Hlgginson aud Miss Baker
of Ntv-York Sherman Evsrts sas his brothers best
man. The rshers were Maxwell Evarts, another
brother; Gai dmsr H. Lane, OF Cambridge. Mass
CLAYTON Johns and the Rev. j. W. Suter, OF Boston,
and Alfred T. Baker, OF New York. Among the guests
at che reception which followed were Senator Evarts
and Mrs Evarts, Mr.. and Mrs. @. c. Beaman, Dr.
Charles d. Scudder, Mr.. aud Mrs. William NJ
Pritchard, Mrs. Edward c. Perkins. the Rev. Dr.
Henr, Mottet Bishop Scarboro, Cortlandt ParFef jr,
Cbauncey Parker and James Parker, vi Newark; the
Rev. c. l.. Baker, OF Cambridge, Mass; Colonel
Stockton and Mrs. Stockton. OF Princeton. and Mrs.
Edward Rrinley, of Newark. The newly married
couple will live in the old Evars house at Fourteenth
IT. aud Second-ave.
At St. Georges Protestant Episcopal Church in
Stuyyesant Square that afternoon, Mss Marie Louise
Hunt daughter of the late Furman Hunt, was mar
red by the Rev. DIR. Rainsiord to Marion Story, son
of Francis Story, OF Boston. There we're no brides
msids. The BRIDE walked with her great-uncie Will
son G. Hunt. Mr. story's best mau was Woodbury.
Kane. The brides mother aud her sister Julia lent
with her the altar railing The usbers we're Thomas
Howard and Percy Allen. The wedding was planned
as a quiet church ceremony, but there was notably
large and brilliant gathering at ST. Georges. The
eoachinr set was we'll represented tho reception
the brides home in East Twenty-frst-st Among the
guests were Dir. and Mrs. Frederic Bronson, Mr. and
Mrs Delsncey Kane Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Aston, Mr..
and Mrs Hugo Fritseh. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur NJ.
Il
Hewitt, the Misses Hewitt sir. aud Mrs. James OTIS,
Mr. and Mrs. j. Roosevelt Roosevelt hr and Mrs.
James Waterbury. Mrs. Burke Rooms, Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Iselin, and Mr.. and Mis-. Francis Story, Mr.
and Mrs. Winthrop q. Ray f. A Wainwright, the
Misses Wainwright and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gray,
OF Boston.
On Wednesday, too at 4 o'clock ID the afternoon,
Miss Mariquita Jonson and Henry Lenox BaDks were
married in the Church of the Holy Spirit, Madison
ave. and Sixty -sixths:. The bride is a daughter OF
Hama
in the City Mexico. The brideg Is nephew OF
James Lenox, the founder OF the i.enox Library The
Rev. DR.. Edmund Guilbert read the service Inc
bridesmaids were Miss Maud T. Lawrence, Miss Emily
II. Park. Miss May G. sherman and Miss Florence
Lutien There were two maios OF honor. besides Miss
Constance Day and Mics Louise Conway. The bride
groom's best man was his brother, i. s. Banks
Thursdays weddings had one OF the most unseason-
able days OF the year to contend WIFI In the ~ter-
P Pos.b1,s sis Church and TwsSty
nintb-st Miss Jessie Blossom Lathrop, daughter OF
Henry Lathrop was married by her uncle the Rev.
DR. X X. Booth 10 Professor Frank Sargent Hoffman,
OF UuiDn College. The bridesmaids were Miss Sadie
Booth the brides cousin Miss Bessie seeye daughter
OF President Se-lye OF Amherst College Miss Lille 5.
Pomvroy of Auburn; Miss Alice Davidson, Mis-,
Emily Bailey and Miss Julia Park Among the guests
were Juds &c Landon. OF Syracuse, and Mrs Land0n,
Booth OF Eng lewood, and Mrs. Booth, and President
Seelye, OF Amherst.
In the evening there was brilliant homo wedding
at the Mystic Flats in West lhlrty,nlnth-s.., the
Miss Minnie Pattison. daughter OF Rear admiral
Pattson, was married by the Rev. Dr. William
Hifcncoci OF Buffalo, to John L.. Randie The bride
grOom's brother again acted as best man he only
bridesmaid was Miss NJ. Louise Storey The ushers
were Drs. L. II. Hsnne6erger and Russell, oil the
United States Navy, and William Hitchcock About
800 invitations to the Wedding reception bad been
issued. Among the guests we're Admiral DAVID
Porter Admiral lie Roy, AIR. and MIS- Edward A.
Pattison, Admiral Upshur, Admiral Worden, Mrs.
Alexander Taylor. Mr.. and Mrs. Horace III. Ruggles,
Admiral Almy, Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop u. Ray,
Admiral Re gers, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hemminwa1,
and Mr. and srs. Samuel Colt, OF Hartford
There ore still two weddings in town the list for
this week. On Wednesday afternoon, June -, Miss
Lucie NJ. Pel a sister OF George Hamilton Pell. and
Cleveland d. Fisher will be married at the Church OF
ST. John the Baptist Lexington-dve. and Thirty first
st. Mr. and Mrs. Pel will give Il reception alter the
ceremony at their home No West Fortythrd-st
On Thursday evening, June 80 at st. Jsmes's Prot
estant Episcopal Church, Madson-ave. and Seventy
frst-st, Miss Edith Reilly, dapghtsi OF Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Reilly, will be married to John Stockton
Hough, OF Ncw-Jersey.
Bessie Ale1 ander, daughter of James w Alexander,
Wedding Will take place In November.
On July 2 Mr.. and Mrs. William k Vanderbilt will
start IRON NewYork for q tour around the world on
Mr.. Vanderbilts new steam Yacht, the Alya Among
tleir guests will be Frederick Beach and Good Hpyt
steam doa through the Mediterranean and the Suez